Michigan

No Blues and Jazz Festival this year

The storied yet troubled Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival has hit another rough patch, and there will be no festival this year.

Organizers had hoped to restore the event to national prominence by returning it to its longtime Gallup Park home Sept. 14-16; however, Michigan's economic climate has made it difficult to line up sponsors, said Peter Andrews, festival director.

Rather than continue to scramble for money and perhaps produce a sub-par event, organizers decided to scrap this year's festival and focus on 2008, Andrews said.